"Every reason" to suspend shortwave

The chairman of the board of Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP), Guilherme Costa, said on Tuesday that the company has “every reason” to suspend the shortwave transmissions of RDP Internacional. Mr Costa, quoted by the Lusa news agency, said such a platform is obsolete from the technical point of view, is generally poor quality in terms of reception, and is expensive, adding that discussions about shortwave began within the organisation in May 2009.

He said that RDP had received 190 messages on the suspension of shortwave broadcasts, and more than half came via email from people who can listen to broadcasts on the Internet. RTP announced in May that it would temporarily suspend the shortwave broadcasts of RDP Internacional from 1 June, citing the low number of listeners and the need to reduce costs.
(Source: tvi24/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

And I would bet that Portugal joins the ranks of the rapidly disappearing shortwave stations on the bands.

Gayle VH

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 Aug 30 1656 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html


# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts

Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 22 - 28 August 2011

Solar activity was at very low to low levels. Region 1271 (N16, L=059, class/area Ehc/290 on 18 August) produced four low-level C-class flares during the period. All other regions on the disk were relatively stable and quiet. There were no Earth-directed CMEs
observed during the period.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels during the entire period.

Geomagnetic field activity was at quiet to unsettled levels on 22 - 25 August due to a weak coronal hole high speed stream (CH HSS). Activity decreased to mostly quiet levels for the remainder of the period.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 31 August - 26 September 2011

Solar activity is expected to be very low to low throughout the
forecast period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels from 31 August - 03 September. The flux is expected to increase to moderate to high levels during 04 - 09 September due to CH HSS effects. Normal to moderate flux levels are expected during 10 - 11 September. A return to moderate to high flux levels is expected on 13 - 14 September following a second CH HSS. Normal to moderate levels are expectedfrom 15 - 25 September. Moderate to high flux levels are expected on 26 September due to effects of another CH HSS.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at mostly quiet levels during 31 August - 02 September. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active periods, during 03 - 05 September as a CH HSS disturbs the field. Quiet levels are forecast for 06 - 10 September. An increase to quiet to unsettled levels is expected during 11 - 12 September due to another CH HSS. Predominately quiet levels are expected for the remainder of the period with the exception of 18 - 19 September and 24 - 25 September, when quiet to unsettled levels are expected due to recurrent CH HSS effects.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Aug 30 1656 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2011-08-30
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Aug 31 95 5 2
2011 Sep 01 95 5 2
2011 Sep 02 95 5 2
2011 Sep 03 95 10 3
2011 Sep 04 95 8 3
2011 Sep 05 95 5 2
2011 Sep 06 92 5 2
2011 Sep 07 86 5 2
2011 Sep 08 85 5 2
2011 Sep 09 85 5 2
2011 Sep 10 90 5 2
2011 Sep 11 92 8 3
2011 Sep 12 95 12 3
2011 Sep 13 100 8 3
2011 Sep 14 100 5 2
2011 Sep 15 100 5 2
2011 Sep 16 103 5 2
2011 Sep 17 103 5 2
2011 Sep 18 105 7 2
2011 Sep 19 105 7 2
2011 Sep 20 105 5 2
2011 Sep 21 105 5 2
2011 Sep 22 105 5 2
2011 Sep 23 103 5 2
2011 Sep 24 100 7 2
2011 Sep 25 100 7 2
2011 Sep 26 98 5 2

(NOAA)

Shortwave Event Organizers Expand Their Brief

The use of other platforms among shortwave broadcasters is a touchy subject for true believers. But for many in the shortwave world, the use of FM, online and other media is simple reality.

One manifestation of that shift: The approaching B11 HFCC/ASBU shortwave broadcasters conference in Dallas, Sept. 12–16, has announced an expansion of its agenda.

The High-Frequency Coordination Conference is a semi-annual gathering at which shortwave broadcast frequency schedules are coordinated. These meetings been going on since 1989 but this will be the first one in the United States. “B11” refers to the broadcast season that runs from October 2011 to March 2012.

Event organizers say the time has come to start addressing additional modes of delivering messages. Chairman of the HFCC Oldrich Cip recently wrote: “The merits of broadband delivery of media through the Internet or via mobile devices in comparison with the traditional delivery of TV and sound radio from terrestrial transmitters are frequently on the agenda of meetings and discussions of domestic broadcasters and broadcasting unions.

“Such an in-depth debate has been missing in international broadcasting circles. We are now ready to provide a forum and environment for such discussions.”

He continued: “We have accepted the fact that what was only one program distribution method only about 20 years ago has now been replaced by a multitude of technologies where media consumers and listeners are offered a whole range of distribution platforms.”

Cip extended an invitation to the conference for those who had reduced or stopped shortwave transmission and turned to alternative means. Peter White, chairman of the National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters, one of the co-sponsors of the conference, noted the many “alternative delivery platforms” such as Internet, podcasts, local AM and FM rebroadcasting and satellite.

But organizers also stressed that one of the major themes of the conference will be the continuing importance of shortwave for international broadcasting.

The conference is expected to draw delegates from some 40 countries; it is co-sponsored by Texas-based transmitter maker Continental Electronics, which will provide a factory tour.

Addresses are planned by Dr. Dowell Chow, president of Adventist World Radio; Lauren Libby, president of Trans World Radio; and Charles Caudill, president of World Christian Broadcasting.
(Radio World)

Cambodian war crimes court accuses VOA of contempt

Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court said today it had started contempt of court proceedings against Voice of America Khmer for revealing confidential information about a new Khmer Rouge case. The move comes after the VOA posted an article and video on its website describing prosecution allegations of mass killings and other atrocities by three mid-level cadres during the regime’s 1975-79 rule. The website cited a document obtained by a source close to the court.

VOA Khmer “on 10 August 2011 quoted verbatim from a confidential document… and even showed that document on a video,” said the two judges who are still investigating the claims in the court’s fourth and final case. The news service chief Chris Decherd refused to comment directly on the court action, but said: “VOA Khmer supports the work of the tribunal and helps inform the Cambodian public by reporting about the court’s work.” He added that VOA’s role was to serve Cambodian citizens “who deserve and are well-served by objective and quality news reporting about issues and topics that impact and affect their daily lives”.

This marks the first time judges have followed through on warnings to launch contempt proceedings, following numerous leaks to the media. Their terse statement however failed to clarify if action was being taken against the journalist, the editor or the producer of the piece, all of whom are understood to be in Washington, DC.
(Source: AFP/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Radio Free Asia announces new QSL for September

RADIO FREE ASIA ISSUES FOURTH 15TH ANNIVERSARY QSL CARD SEPTEMBER 2011

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of our 39th QSL card. This is the fourth QSL card commemorating 2011 as RFA’s 15th anniversary. Not only is The Dalai Lama the subject of this card, but The Dalai Lama was also the subject of RFA’s very first QSL card. RFA’s first broadcast was in Mandarin Chinese on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. Acting as a substitute for indigenous free media, RFA concentrates its coverage on events occurring in and/or affecting the countries to which we broadcast. Those countries are: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, and Vietnam. This QSL card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports for September 2011. Similar designs will be announced monthly between now and the end of the year. To learn more about RFA’s anniversary, visit www.rfa15.org.

RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org .

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. If you have a smart phone, feel free to use the QR code below to access the automated reception report system and submit your reception reports to the web site.

You also have the option of using the following Microsoft Tag from your smartphone. The free mobile app for your smartphone is available at http://gettag.mobi .

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(RJ Janitschek)

Blog Logs

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on / sign-off*

Logs edited for clarity


Afghanistan
6102, Radio Afghanistan, Kabul, *1526-1630.* Ethnic music till 1530, English ID and news headlines. News bulletin with the usual long list of casualties due to terrorist attacks, traditional songs with sporadic talk by female voice mentioning "Afghanistan", then songs. Final announcement in Urdu. In USB only, since LSB is plagued by a utility station. Fair to good signal(SIO 333). (D'Amico, Bernardini and Bolli/DXW435)

Argentina
11710.5, RAE, General Pacheco, Buenos Aires, 0218-0307. Tango music, news headlines in English, 2+1 time pips at 0230. Male announcer continued speaking to more tango music followed by several IDs and talk. Interval signal at 0258 until 0300 when a series of multi-lingual IDs were heard followed by the French program. Poor to fair signal quality. (D’Angelo/DWX435)

Belarus
6070, Belaruskaje Radyjo 1, Brest, 0120-0130. Belarusian talk mentioning Belarus. Station ID 0130, piano. SINPO 45444 // 6010 (33433), 6040 (42442) and 7280 (45444). (Petersen/DXW435)

Bolivia
5952.39, R Pio Doce, Siglo Veinte, *1031-1058. Announcement about an event "este viernes." Local news items, with man and woman alternating, several phone calls were taken. Fair signal at tune-in but losing steam and bothered by *1058 of CRI (China Radio International) on 5955. Noted several times this week coming on right around 1030. (Wilkins in DXplorer/DXW435)

6134.784, Radio Santa Cruz, 0010-0105. Male's Spanish comments over the music. Initially the signal was very poor but a touchup on the tuning help improve it to a fair level. Music was sim-clasical it seemed as the male continued to comment. Newscast at 0100, followed by music during fair signal. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

5952.47, Radio Pio Doce, 0005-0122. Spanish talk to station ID. Nice Bolivian music. Fair but must use ECSS-LSB to avoid Radio Republica and jammer on high side.(Brian Alexander, PA)

Brazil
4877.19-4878.98, Radio Difusora Roraima, Boa Vista, RR, 0030-0305 and 0840-0944. Lively program of Brasilian pop vocals, jingle ID at 0136, canned ID in Portuguese at 0214, more formal ID at 0228. Vocal music for good signal with drift, but distorted audio. This often is the strongest signal on 60 meters in South Florida. (D’Angelo and Wilkner). Also heard at 0345-0358.* Portuguese announcement, Brazilian ballads, and national anthem. Poor in noisy conditions. (Alexander in DXplorer/DXW435)

4915, Radio Daqui, Goiânia, GO, 2100-0034. Religious songs and talks, ID: "Rádio Daquí", SINPO 24322. (Daqui and Marumby on 6079.95 have very alike program...). (Bernardini and Méndez). Also heard at 0937-0945 with ballad music, Portuguese ID at 0939, religious talk, fair signal.(Wlodarski/DXW435)

6089.95, Radio Bandeirantes, 2320-2325. Portuguese talk. Poor to fair but covered by Anguilla 6090 at their 2325 sign on. // 9645.37 - fair to good. // 11925.22 - very weak. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Chad
6165, Rdiff. Nat. Tchadienne, N’Djaména, *0428-0442. Balafon interval signal, orchestral national anthem to opening ID and French announcement. Mix of talking with lively French pop vocals. Fair. (D’Angelo). Also heard at 2226-2232*, Afro pop music, 2230 ID in French. National anthem, good signal. (D’Angelo and Wlodarski/DXW435)

Clandestine
7310, Radio Dardasha 7, via Wertachtal, *0300-0329.* Instrumental music opening followed by man/female announcers with ID and announcement. Mix of Arabic talks, discussion with instrumental music in background and between segments, jingle ID at 0322 and closing ID with e-mail address at 0327. Fair. (D’Angelo/DXW435)

11945, Hamada Radio International, via Wertachtal, *1929-1958.* Open carrier followed by ID, brief music into Hausa news and news features. Remote reports and interviews, several IDs at 1957 and contact information. Carrier cut while another man began more features. Fair but noisy conditions. (D’Angelo/DXW435)

Colombia
5909.90, Al Alcaraván Radio, Lomalinda, 0109-0200, Aug 20 and 21, nice songs, canned IDs and live talks, fair. (Bolland and Bernardini). Also heard at 0431-0620, Aug 21, Latin American songs, ID: "Esta es la hora en los1530 AM, 11 de la noche 38 minutos", "Alcaraván Radio, Alcaraván compañero en 1530 AM y en la onda corta 5910 kHz., Alcaraván Radio, desde Colombia", "Alcaraván Radio, música 100% colombiana", 34433. (Méndez). Also heard at 0725-0805, Aug 13 and 20, local music and ID in Spanish at 0729, time pips at 0800, station ID and frequency ann, good signal. (Wlodarski/DXW435)

5909.90, Al Caravan Radio, 0145-0200. Noted plenty of music and in between tunes canned ID and live talk by a male. ID as, "Al Caravan Radio ...." Signal was a at good level. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Guinea
7125, Rdif Nationale, 0546-0615. Afro-pop music. Local chants. French announcements. Fair. (Brian Alexander, PA)

India
4970, AIR Shillong, 1256-1315. “Country Roads” Sunday show, DJ in English with Country and Western songs. Station ID: “North Eastern Service of All India Radio”, 1315 into Hindi, still with prominent hum. (Howard). Also heard at 1546, beautiful slow song by female in high-pitch voice with flutes, fair. (Bell/DXW435)

Indonesia
3325.00, RRI Palangkaraya, 2025-2135, Aug 10, Bahasa Indonesia ann, Indonesian songs in early Ramadan programme, talk by more persons, 2109 muslim chanting, 2118 talk, 35333. (Petersen). Also heard at 2209, Aug 10, slow Asiapop songs, 2230 official ann in Bahasa Indonesia, fair. (Bell/DXW435)

4749.929, RRI Makassar, 1001-1030. Religious prayers by a male lead and a chorus assisting. This is the typical Islamic praying noted here regularly. I am going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Makassar has increased power today for this broadcast because the signal's quality is much better than it has been in the past. Usually I can barely hear the station during this time frame. Comments by announcer at 1009. Signed noted as fair-ggod. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Madagascar
5010, Radio Madagasikara, 0229-0245. Carrier + LSB. Tune-in to interval signal. Choral national anthem at 0230. Talk in listed Malagasy at 0232. Local Afro-pop music. Local choral music. Signal poor. Weak to very weak signal. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Mali
5995, ORTM, Kati, Bamako, 2012-2326, Aug 16, 18 and 20, male singer with group backing vocals, horn, percussion, picked guitar, ID as ”Radio Nationale, Bamako”, Afropop music, Hilife, French talks on music “tradition; le connexion”. Progressive enhancement, 33533. (D'Amico, Bell and Otávio/DXW435) 5995, ORTM, *0555-0610. Sign on with guitar interval signal. National anthem at 0558. Flute interval signal at 0559. Opening French announcements at 0600. Local chants at 0602. Weak to very weak with adjacent channel
splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA)

Micronesia
4755.45, The Cross Radio, Pohnpei, 0941-1030*, Aug 13, 15 and 17, sounded like a sermon “kind of world; not usual a miracle; God” in progress, music at 1029, possibly to end the program; tuned out for a couple of minutes and when I came back at 1032, they had left the air, 25422. (Otávio, Wilkins in DXplorer). But heard later at 1325-1430, Aug 11, Christian songs, ID, songs continued and were noted on several checks till 1430, when signal had almost faded out, 35343. (Sellers/DXW435)

Solomon Islands
5019.9, SIBC, Hniara, 0922-1001. With Cuba power down on 5025 Aug 08. Much too close to Cuba in Florida for pleasant reception of Solomon, Aug 14, non-stop Tok Pisin talks, able to catch few words like “family, tomorrow, between”. Consistent QRM of 5025 R Rebelde, 33333. (Otávio and Wilkner). Heard better in British Colombia at 1155-1203*, Aug 09, Country song, ann, devotion in English, national anthem, SINPO 25342. (Sellers/DXW435)

Sri Lanka
11905, SLBC, *0020-0100. Sign on with local drums. National anthem at 0021. More drums and local music at 0022. Opening Hindi announcements at 0025 followed by religious recitations and Hindi chants. Local music at 0030. Hindi vocals. Fair. (Brian Alexander,
PA)

Thailand
15275, Radio Thailand, *0000-0029. Sign on with opening English ID announcements. English news at 0002. Ad for Bangkok Airways. Ad for local restaurant. Talk about US politics. Fair to good but only a threshold signal at 0029 when they switch antenna beam headings from Eastern to Western North America. (Brian Alexander, PA)

RFA to issue special QSL for Ham Fair 2011

Ham Fair 2011 Host Radio free Asia: Special QSL Issued August 2011

Ham Fair 2011 will be August 27-28 in Tokyo, Japan. Radio Free Asia (RFA) will be on hand at this year’s Ham Fair to meet DXers and radio enthusiasts from Japan and around the globe. This annual event is organized by the Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL) and last year hosted almost 31,000 attendees. To help promote this year’s event, RFA is issuing a special commemorative QSL card which incorporates the design of our current QSL card and this year’s Ham Fair logo. This QSL card will only be available for a limited time and used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from 0000 UTC on August 26 – 2400 UTC on August 29, 2011. As mentioned in our previous press release, the four pieces of artwork on the RFA design were created earlier this year by the children of RFA’s staff to celebrate RFA’s 15th anniversary.

RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org .

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience.

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.

Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(AJ Janitschek/RFA)

Radio Free Asia - A11 summer update
Effective to: 29 October 2011

programming targeted to Asia

All times UTC

Burmese
0030-0130 on 13820 15625 17835
1230-1330 on 7390 9335 13675
1330-1400 on 7390 9335 12140
1400-1430 on 7390 9335
1630-1730 on 9945

Cantonese
1400-1500 on 6025 7365
2200-2300 on 9720 11785

Chinese
0300-0600 on 13760 15120 15615 15635 17615 17855 21550 21580
0600-0700 on 13760 15120 15615 15635 17615 17855 21550
1500-1600 on 9455 9905 11540 11965 12005 13640 13675
1600-1700 on 5855 9455 9905 11540 11870 12005 13675
1700-1800 on 5855 7280 9355 9455 9540 9905 11870 13800
1800-1900 on 5855 7280 7355 9355 9455 9540 9690 11540 13800
1900-2000 on 1098 5855 7260 7355 7435 9355 9455 9875 9905
11785 13800
2000-2100 on 1098 5855 6140 7260 7355 7435 9355 9455 9905
11785
2100-2200 on 1098 5855 6140 7355 7435 9455 9905
2300-2400 on 7540 9535 11760 11785 15430 15585

Khmer
1230-1330 on 12140 15145
2230-2330 on 5840 13740

Korean
1500-1700 on 1350 5895 7210 7455
1700-1800 on 1350 5895 9975
1800-1900 on 1350 5895 7465
2100-2200 on 1350 7460 9385 12070

Lao
0000-0100 on 15545 15690
1100-1200 on 9355 15145

Tibetan
0100-0300 on 7530 9885 11695 15225 17730
0600-0700 on 17510 17765 21500 21690
1000-1100 on 13775 15435 21530
1100-1200 on 7470 11640 13830 15670
1200-1300 on 7470 11605 13830 13840 15670
1300-1400 on 7470 11520 11605 13830 15670
1500-1600 on 7530 9370 11585 11795
2200-2300 on 5865 7505 9880
2300-2400 on 5860 7505 9805 9875

Uyghur
0100-0200 on 9350 9490 11895 11945 17640
1600-1700 on 9370 9530 9555 11750

Vietnamese
1400-1430 on 1503 7520 9465 9715 11605 11680 12140
1430-1500 on 7520 9715 9805 11605 11680 12140
2300-2330 on 1359
2330-2400 on 1359 7520 11605 13740 15560
0000-0030 on 7445 11605 13740 15560
(DX Mix News # 687 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria)

Radio Netherlands Program Preview, August 26-Sept. 3

The State We're In
Jonathan Groubert and his team look at current events from an unexpected perspective.

Decisions

A Rwandan mother flees the 1994 genocide on foot, with her infant son in tow. An Australian girl riding a panicked horse heading for the highway sings a song to it and saves her life. A former sex worker in Louisiana decides to take up gardening, and a rickshaw driver in India explains how he became a local hero.

First airing: Saturday 02:00 UTC

Earth Beat
Marnie Chesterton and her team look at the footprint we’re leaving on our planet.

The magic of colour

From different interpretations of colour in different cultures, to a man who can only see in black and white, and travelling to dodgy areas in the name of lapis lazuli blue, we play with shades.

First airing: Friday 03:00 UTC

South Asia Wired
Stories from South Asia.

The singular story of Shirin Juwaley

At the age of 24 Shirin Juwaley was a pretty young woman with all of life’s prospects before her but overnight, she was transformed into a person with a face so disfigured people came far and wide to see her.

Shirin was the victim of an acid throwing attack that sentenced her to years of agony – both mental and physical. Yet 13 years and 16 surgeries later, Shirin looks in the mirror and sees herself as the gorgeous woman she is.

First airing: Thursday 14:00 UTC

Bridges With Africa
We're giving the microphone to Diaspora groups in Europe and are linking up with stations in Africa.

A closer look at Gaddafi’s legacy in Africa
Campaigning with Sea Shepherd in Namibia
And our Summer Music Special: the finest Blues from the Sahara Desert

First airing: Friday 00:00 UTC

Africa in Progress
Inspiring round-table discussions with guest speakers and in-depth interviews give listeners food for thought.

African Indigenous Vegetables: a Goldmine for Farmers

Black night shade; spider plant; amaranth. In Africa, all these vegetables have local names. Long regarded as weeds and food for the poor, these indigenous plants are now seen as an important source of nutrients and also income for farmers. They can be bought fresh at the market. Some are even exported to European markets. A gold mine for Africa, as the Kenyan professor who spearheaded their promotion put it.

First airing: Monday 18:00 UTC

Commonwealth Story
A selection of winning stories chosen from the large number of entries for the 2010 Commonwealth Short Story Competition.

A whiff of Bleach - by Suelin Low Chew Tung (Grenada).

Loneliness and despair in the dry season; read by Dona Croll.

First airing: Tuesday 00:55 UTC

Global Perspective
Who says I can’t… is the motto of this year’s collaboration of international broadcasters, offering stories of defiance and perseverance.

Who says I can’t die… or live?

Bun Chai, who is paralysed from the neck down, made a public appeal to the Hong Kong government for the right to end his life… and in the process found a way to live. We hear Bun Chai’s story from Radio Television Hong Kong.

First airing: Monday 17:30 UTC

Hear the World
Listen to the world’s musical heartbeat on RNW. A brand new world music series hosted by Dheera Sujan.

Merdan Taplak is a Belgian with Turkish roots, who appears with his accordeon and brass orchestra to mix Taiwa Jazz Band are six young musicians from Johannesburg, playing South-African music mixed with jazz.

Sauti Sol is Kenya's most popular band.

Amsterdam's Fra Fra Sound have been mixing Afro-Carribean music with jazz and blues for over 30 years.

Warm-blooded Latin American music from Che Sudaka, who are based in Barcelona, Spain.

First airing: Monday 00:00 UTC

RNW Classical
Classical concerts from the Royal Concertgebouw as well as studio recordings of Dutch performers, presented by Hans Haffmans.

Available 24 hours a day via our sister web station RNWclassical.com
(Theo Tamis/R Netherlands)

Streaming audio: www.radionetherlands.nl/

Radio Netherlands - multilingual broadcast schedule
Effective to 29 October 2011

Dutch
0000-0027 9445na
0059-0100 6190ca
0100-0127 6190ca
0259-0300 6190na
0300-0327 6190na
0329-0357 6195sa
0359-0400 6165am
0400-0427 6165am
0459-0500 5955eu 6015eu 6125eu 9840eu 9895eu
0500-0557 5955eu 6015eu 6125eu 9840eu 9895eu
0558-0600 5955eu
0559-0600 6035eu 9895eu 11660eu
0600-0657 6035eu 11660eu
0600-0659 9895eu
0600-0700 5955eu
0657-0700 6035eu
0657-0700 Sat/Sun 6035eu
0659-0700 9740eu 9895eu 11935va
0700-0757 6035eu
0700-0800 5955eu 9740eu 9895eu 11935va
0700-0800 Sat/Sun 6035eu
0757-0800 6035eu
0759-0800 6120eu
0759-0800 mtwhf 6120eu
0800-0900 5955eu 6035eu
0800-0900 mtwhf 6120eu
0800-0900 Sat/Sun 5955eu 9895eu
0900-1000 5955eu 6035eu
0900-1000 mtwhf 6120eu
0900-1000 Sat/Sun 5955eu 9895eu
0929-0957 15750as
0929-1000 Sat/Sun 6020ca
0959-1000 13700eu
1000-1100 mtwhfa 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1000-1100 Sun 5955eu 9895eu
1059-1100 7360as 9670as
1100-1127 7360as 9670as
1100-1200 mtwhfa 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1100-1200 Sun 5955eu 9895eu
1159-1200 9595eu 9620eu 9665eu 13700eu
1200-1300 9595eu 9620eu 9665eu 13700eu
1200-1300 mtwhfa 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1259-1300 9650pa 2085as
1300-1327 9650pa 12085as
1300-1400 9595eu 9620eu 9665eu 13700eu
1300-1400 Sun 5955eu 9895eu
1300-1400 mtwhfa 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1400-1500 9595eu 9620eu 9665eu 13700eu
1400-1459 mtwhfa 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1400-1459 Sun 5955eu 9895eu
1459-1500 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1500-1557 13700eu
1500-1559 5955eu 9895eu
1500-1600 9595eu 9620eu 9665eu
1559-1600 9625as 9895eu
1600-1627 9625as
1600-1657 5955eu 9895eu 13700eu
1659-1700 6020af 9445va 15710af 15720af
1700-1727 6020af 9445va 15710af 15720af
1959-2000 6040va 6125eu
2000-2100 6040va 6125eu
2059-2100 5930af 9895eu 17605sa
2100-2127 5930af 9895eu 17605sa
2100-2200 6040va 6125eu
2159-2200 9500af 15540sa
2200-2227 9500af 15540sa
2259-2300 17605sa
2300-2327 17605sa
2359-0000 9445na

English
0959-1000 12065as 15110as
1000-1057 12065as 15110as
1359-1400 11835as
1400-1457 9800as 11835as
1759-1800 6020af 15495af
1800-1857 6020af 15495af
1859-1900 7425af 11610af
1900-1957 7425af 11615af 15495af
2000-2057 7425af 11615af

Indonesian
1059-1100 9720as 9795as 15650as
1100-1157 9720as 9795as 15650as
2259-2300 6120as
2300-2357 6120as

Spanish
0000-0100 6165sa
0100-0157 6165sa
0159-0200 6165am
0200-0300 6165am
0300-0357 6165am
1059-1100 6165ca
1100-1127 6165ca
1129-1157 6165sa
1159-1200 6165sa 9715ca
1200-1227 6165sa 9715ca
2359-0000 6165sa
(R Netherlands)

Polish Radio External Service schedule updates

Transmitters via Babcock

All times UTC

1030-1100 on 11790 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Polish
1030-1100 on 15265 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to EaEu Polish
1100-1130 on 15265 WOF 125 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Russian
1100-1130 on 15460 WOF 125 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Russian
1130-1200 on 9435 WOF 125 kW / 092 deg to WeEu German
1130-1200 on 9610 WOF 125 kW / 082 deg to WeEu German
1200-1300 on 11675 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1200-1300 on 11980 WOF 125 kW / 045 deg to NoEu English
1300-1330 on 15480 WOF 125 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Russian
1300-1330 on 17860 DHA 250 kW / 020 deg to CeAs Russian
1330-1430 on 11955 RMP 250 kW / 076 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1330-1430 on 15480 RMP 250 kW / 080 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1430-1500 on 15500 WOF 125 kW / 074 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1430-1500 on 11760 WOF 125 kW / 066 deg to EaEu Russian
1500-1530 on 13730 RMP 250 kW / 080 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1500-1530 on 15265 WOF 125 kW / 086 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1530-1600 on 9495 RMP 250 kW / 080 deg to WeEu German
1530-1630 on 11640 SKN 300 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Polish
1630-1700 on 11760 RMP 250 kW / 076 deg to EaEu Belorussian
1700-1800 on 7265 KVI 035 kW / 220 deg to NoEu English DRM
1700-1800 on 9770 MOS 300 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1800-1830 on 11730 WOF 300 kW / 058 deg to EaEu Russian
1800-1830 on 11865 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to N/ME Hebrew
1830-1900 on 11730 RMP 500 kW / 080 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1830-1900 on 15155 WOF 125 kW / 086 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1900-1930 on 11730 WOF 125 kW / 075 deg to EaEu Ukrainian
1900-1930 on 15155 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2000 on 6035 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to WeEu German
1930-2000 on 6135 WOF 100 kW / 082 deg to WeEu German DRM
2100-2200 on 6155 SKN 250 kW / 150 deg to WeEu Polish
2100-2200 on 7245 WOF 125 kW / 078 deg to EaEu Polish
(DX Mix News 692 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgnag Bueschel, Germany)

FEBA summer schedule updates

All times UTC

2145-2215 on 11985 ASC 250 kW / 027 deg to WeAf Pulaar Thu-Tue, ex Mo/Tu/Th/Fr
1830-1845 on 15250 ASC 250 kW / 070 deg to CWAf French
1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sun
1600-1630 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Guragena Mon-Wed
1630-1700 on 12125 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Amharic
1600-1630 on 11655 ARM 300 kW / 188 deg to EaAf Afar
1630-1700 on 9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Sun-Wed
1630-1700 on 9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu-Sat
1700-1730 on 6180 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Somali
1700-1800 on 9630 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Orominya/Tigrinya
1730-1800 on 7475 ERV 300 kW / 192 deg to EaAf Silte
1900-2030 on 9550 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to N/ME Arabic
0230-0300 on 9725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Dari (Radio Sadaye Zindagi)
0300-0315 on 9725 DHA 250 kW / 045 deg to WeAs Mixed lang
1500-1530 on 11755 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Dari (Radio Sadaye Zindagi)
1530-1600 on 11755 ERV 300 kW / 100 deg to WeAs Pashto
0015-0030 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla
0030-0045 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi Sun/Wed
0030-0045 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Mixed langs Mon/Tue
0030-0045 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla Thu-Sat
0045-0100 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Hindi
0130-0200 on 9725 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Telugu Sun/Thu/Fri
0130-0200 on 9725 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SoAs Mixed langs Mon-Wed/Sat
0200-0230 on 9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Sun
0200-0215 on 9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Urdu Mon-Sat
0215-0230 on 9750 DHA 250 kW / 060 deg to SoAs Mixed langs Mon-Sat
1200-1230 on 15215 DHA 250 kW / 085 deg to SoAs Tibetan
1400-1430 on 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg to SoAs Urdu
1430-1500 on 9500 NVS 250 kW / 195 deg to SoAs Mixed langs
1400-1430 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg to SoAs English Sun
1400-1415 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Malayalam Mon-Sat
1415-1430 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 110 deg to SoAs Telugu Mon-Sat
1430-1445 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Urdu
1445-1500 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Kashmiri Wed-Sat
1445-1500 on 12025 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to SoAs Punjabi Sun-Tue
1500-1530 on 7485 TAC 100 kW / 131 deg to SoAs Bangla
(DX Mix News 693 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Trans World Radio Africa schedule updates

All times UTC

1300-1315 on 13660 KIG 250 kW / 030 deg to EaAf Afar Thu-Sun, ex Fri-Sun
1730-1800 on 9865 DHA 250 kW / 230 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Fri
1800-1815 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Wed
1800-1815 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Thu/Fri
1800-1830 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigre Sat
1800-1830 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Kunama Sun
1815-1845 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri
1830-1845 on 6120 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Amharic Sun
(DX Mix News 691 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

KBS World Radio schedule updates

South Korea

KBS World Radio

All times UTC

0700-0800 on 9860 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to WeEu Korean
1100-1130 on 9760 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg to WeEu English Sat DRM
1800-1900 on 15360 RMP 250 kW / 062 deg to EaEu Russian
1900-2000 on 6145 SKN 250 kW / 150 deg to WeEu French
2000-2100 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu German
2100-2130 on 3955 SKN 250 kW / 106 deg to WeEu English
(DX Mix News 691 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio broadcast in three Chin dialects worldwide

At least five radio stations have made broadcast sessions in three Chin dialects across the globe, including Falam, Hakha and Tedim. The stations involved are Chin Radio Programme aired in Falam dialect from Naypyidaw, Burma, Radio Free Asia in Falam, Chin Radio Programme of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) in Falam, 3CR Chin Radio Program in Hakha from Australia and AWR Chin in Tedim from USA.

AWR Chin of the Adventist World Radio, a mission radio arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, makes a daily broadcast session on the Christian gospel while the others mainly air a variety of programmes including political news, cultural entertainments and educational as well as literary issues.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 Aug 23 2128 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html
#
# Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
#
Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 15 - 21 August 2011
Solar activity was at very low to low levels. Activity was at low levels on 15 August, with several C-class flares from Region 1271 (N16, L=059, class/area Ehc/290 on 18 August). Activity decreased to very low levels on 16 August. Activity increased to low levels on 17-18 August, with several C-class flares from both Region 1271 and
Region 1272 (S21, L=054, class/area Dao/090 on 21 August). No flares were observed on 19 August. Acitivity increased to low levels during 20-21 August. The largest of these was a C3 flare from Region 1271.

No proton events were observed at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit was at normal to moderate levels during 15-16 August. Fluxes increased to normal to high levels on 17-18 August. Fluxes decreased to moderate levels during 19-20 August. Fluxes ranged from normal to moderate on 21 August.

Geomagnetic field activity was at predominantly quiet to unsettled levels with an isolated period of active to minor storm levels on 15 August due to a coronal hole high-speed stream (CH HSS). Activity decreased to quiet to unsettled levels, with isolated active levels during 16-17 August as the CH HSS subsided. Activity decreased to quiet levels during 18-19 August. Activity increased to quiet to unsettled levels during 20-21 August due to a CH HSS.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 24 August - 19 September 2011

Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low with a chance for moderate levels during 24 August to 06 September until old Region 1263 (N18, L=315) departs. Activity is expected to decrease to very low to low levels for the rest of the period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to be at normal to moderate levels through 03 September. Fluxes are expected to increase to moderate to high levels during 04-09 September. Fluxes are expected to decrease to normal to moderate levels during 10-12 September. Fluxes are expected to increase to moderate to high levels during 13-14 September. Fluxes are expected to decrease to normal to moderate levels during 15-19 September.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be at quiet levels during 24-26 August. Acitivity is expected to be at quiet to unsettled levels on 27-28 August due to a weak recurrent CH HSS. Activity is xpected be decrease to quiet levels during 29 August - 02 September. Activity is expected to increase during 03-05 September due to a recurrent CH HSS. Predominantly quiet levels are expected during 06-10 September. Activity is expected to increase to quiet to active levels during 11-12 September due to a recurrent CH HSS.Predominantly quiet levels are expected for the rest of the period.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Aug 23 2128 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2011-08-23
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Aug 24 112 5 2
2011 Aug 25 112 5 2
2011 Aug 26 112 5 2
2011 Aug 27 115 7 2
2011 Aug 28 117 5 2
2011 Aug 29 117 5 2
2011 Aug 30 115 5 2
2011 Aug 31 111 5 2
2011 Sep 01 104 5 2
2011 Sep 02 103 5 2
2011 Sep 03 102 8 3
2011 Sep 04 102 10 3
2011 Sep 05 100 10 3
2011 Sep 06 92 5 2
2011 Sep 07 86 7 2
2011 Sep 08 85 5 2
2011 Sep 09 85 5 2
2011 Sep 10 90 5 2
2011 Sep 11 92 8 3
2011 Sep 12 95 12 4
2011 Sep 13 100 5 2
2011 Sep 14 100 5 2
2011 Sep 15 100 5 2
2011 Sep 16 103 5 2
2011 Sep 17 103 5 2
2011 Sep 18 109 7 2
2011 Sep 19 110 5 2
(NOAA)

Radio Australia summer schedule update

Radio Australia

All times UTC / NF new frequency

2200-2330 on 7340 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
2200-2400 on 9855 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SEAs English
2300-2330 on 9490 DHA 250 kW / 090 deg to SEAs Burmese
0000-0030 on 12005 DHA 250 kW / 105 deg to SEAs Indonesian
0100-0130 on 11780 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Burmese
1100-1300 on 6140 SNG 100 kW / 013 deg to SEAs English
0400-0430 on 17800 HBN 100 kW / 270 deg to SEAs Indonesian
0500-0530 NF 11700 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian, ex 17800 HBN
1300-1430 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 318 deg to EaAs Chinese
1600-1630 NF 9540 SNG 100 kW / 340 deg to SEAs English, ex 9965 HBN
(DX Mix News 693 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Radio Japan summer schedule update

Radio Japan NHK World

All times UTC

0500-0530 on 5975 RMP 500 kW / 140 deg to WeEu English
1100-1200 on 9760 WOF 060 kW / 102 deg to WeEu English/Russian Fri DRM
1700-1900 on 13740 DHA 250 kW / 285 deg to NoAf Japanese
0400-0430 on 11730 TAC 100 kW / 238 deg to WeAs Farsi
1500-1700 on 12045 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to WeAs Japanese
0130-0200 on 11740 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs Hindi
1300-1330 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 141 deg to SoAs English
1400-1430 on 15735 TAC 100 kW / 163 deg to SoAs English
1515-1600 on 7410 TAC 100 kW / 186 deg to SoAs Urdu
1300-1345 on 11685 SNG 250 kW / 315 deg to SoAs Bengali
0200-0300 on 11780 SNG 250 kW / 340 deg to SEAs Japanese
0800-1000 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Japanese
0945-1030 on 6140 SNG 250 kW / 140 deg to SEAs Indonesian
1030-1100 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
1130-1200 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Thai
1230-1300 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 001 deg to SEAs Vietnamese
1430-1500 on 11740 SNG 250 kW / 330 deg to SEAs Burmese
0930-1000 on 9485 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to BRA Portuguese
2130-2200 on 11880 SGO 100 kW / 045 deg to BRA Portuguese
(DX Mix News 691 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Voice of Vietnam summer schedule update

Via BABCOCK Relays

All times UTC

Voice of Vietnam
0100-0128 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English
0130-0228 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm Vietnamese
0230-0328 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English/Spanish
0330-0428 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 212 deg to CeAm English/Spanish
0430-0528 on 6175 SAC 250 kW / 240 deg to NoAm Vietnamese
1700-1728 on 9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu English
1730-1828 on 9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu Vietnamese
1830-1858 on 9625 MOS 100 kW / 300 deg to WeEu French
1900-1928 on 9895 SKN 300 kW / 070 deg to EaEu Russian
1930-2028 on 9430 SKN 300 kW / 090 deg to WeEu German
2030-2128 on 11840 SKN 300 kW / 110 deg to SEEu Vietnamese
(DX Mix News 691 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Clandestine summer schedule updates

All times UTC

Clandestine stations

EDC Sudan Radio Service Darfur Program
0400-0500 on 11800 RMP 250 kW / 125 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat-Thu
1600-1700 on 15500 WOF 300 kW / 120 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat-Thu, ex RMP

EDC Sudan Radio Service
0400-0500 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 245 deg to EaAf Arabic
0500-0530 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Arabic Sat/Sun
0530-0600 on 13720 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf English Sat/Sun
1500-1530 on 17745 SIN 250 kW / 114 deg to EaAf English
1530-1700 on 17745 SIN 250 kW / 114 deg to EaAf Arabic
1700-1730 on 9590 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf Various*
1730-1800 on 9590 DHA 250 kW / 240 deg to EaAf English Mon-Fri
*Dinka Mon; Zande Tue; Moru Wed; Bari Thu; Shiluk Fri

Radio Okapi
0400-0500 on 11690 MEY 250 kW / 340 deg to CeAf French/Lingala(Congo)

Radio Damal
(Voice of the Somali People or Odka Bulshada Somaliyeed)
0400-0700 on 15700 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali
1830-1930 on 11740 WOF 300 kW / 122 deg to EaAf Somali
1930-2130 on 11650 DHA 250 kW / 205 deg to EaAf Somali

Bar-Kulan Radio/Meeting Place
0500-0600 on 15750 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali
1600-1700 on 9930 MEY 500 kW / 020 deg to EaAf Somali

IRIN Radio
(Integrated Regional Information Network)
0830-0930 on 13685 DHA 250 kW / 225 deg to EaAf Somali

Voice of Tibet
1330-1400 on 15430 DHA 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs Tibetan

Free North Korea Radio
1200-1400 on 15645 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean 7505 from Aug.15
1900-2100 on 7530 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean from July 1

Radio Free Chosun
1200-1300 on 15720 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean
1500-1600 on 11560 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean
2000-2100 on 7505 TAC 200 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean

CMI Voice of Wilderness
1300-1400 on 15500 TAC 100 kW / 056 deg to KRE Korean
1400-1430 on 15500 TAC 100 kW / 056 deg to KRE Korean Sun
1300-1330 on 15630 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean Mon-Sat
1300-1400 on 15630 DB 100 kW / 070 deg to KRE Korean Sun

Nippon no Kaze
1300-1330 on 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE Korean
1500-1530 on 9975 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE Korean via T8WH Angel 4
1530-1600 on 9965 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE Korean via T8WH Angel 4

JCI Furusato no Kaze
1330-1400 on 9950 TAI 100 kW / 002 deg to KRE Japanese
1430-1500 on 9960 HBN 100 kW / 345 deg to KRE Japanese via T8WH Angel 4
1600-1630 on 9780 TAI 250 kW / 045 deg to KRE Japanese

Shiokaze
1330-1430 on 6135#YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Various*
2000-2100 on 5965$YAM 100 kW / 280 deg to KRE Various*
# alt.5910,5985,6020,6070,6075,6120
$ alt.5915,5955,6045,6075,6110,6140
* Japanese Mon-Thu
English Fri
Korean/Japanese Sat
Japanese/Korean Sun

Open Radio for North Korea
1400-1500 on 11570 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean
2100-2200 on 7480 ERV 300 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean

North Korea Reform Radio
1500-1600 on 7590 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean
1500-1600 on 15605 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean, addit. freq.

Voice of Martyrs(Freedom)
1600-1700 NF 7530 TAC 100 kW / 065 deg to KRE Korean, ex 6240

SW Radio Africa
1700-1900 on 4880 MEY 100 kW / 005 deg to SoAf EnglishLocal langs

Zimbabwe Community Radio/Radio Dialogue
1755-1855 on 4895 MEY 100 kW / 000 deg to ZWE Ndebele/English/Shona

Radio Republica
2300-2400 on 9490 SAC 100 kW / 227 deg to Cuba Spanish Sat/Sun
0000-0200 on 9490 SAC 100 kW / 227 deg to Cuba Spanish Sun/Mon
(DX Mix News 691/692 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria & Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany)

Blog Logs

Thanks to the contributors, for today's edition of Blog Logs.

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on / sign-off*

Logs edited for clarity


Afghanistan
6102 Radio Afghanistan, Kabul, 1620-1630.* Traditional songs with sporadic talk by female voice mentioning "Afghanistan." Additional songs and final announcement with talk in local language to sign off. (Leonardo Bolli/playdx)

Argentina
060, RAE, Buenos Aires 2314-0020. Spanish talks about Brazil vs Paraguay game. Live report about Chile vs Venezuela game with station ID at 2341. Signal fair with splatter from 6070 kHz. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia/HCDX)

Bolivia
4865.01, Radio Logos (tentative). heard as early as 0930 on 4865, but more often showing up closer to 1000 UTC. Program fairly consistent with mellow nondescript canciones, but more frequently Spanish vocals. Typical snippets with mentions of "musica...siempre por todos...la Biblia...onda corta." (Ralph Perry, IL/HCDX).

5952.46 Radio Pio Doce 0035-0059.* Spanish text to usual closing theme music which is the distinctive whistling of Colonel Bogey March (also known as Radio Kwai March). Closing ID announcements and early sign-off. Signal poor in noisy conditions. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6134.83, Radio Santa Cruz, 1013-1025. Male/female announcer's Spanish comments. May be a instructional program. Signal was good. (Chuck Bolland, FL)6134.8, 0948-1002. Spanish ballad music to announcer's talk. Station ID at 1001. (Jim Evans, TN).

Brazil
11855.94, Radio Aparacida, 2205-2214. Portuguese talks noted as weak under local noise // 9629.93 weak. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia/HCDX)

4845, Radio Cultura Ondas Tropicals, 2228-2244. Portuguese talks including live report about Vasco Atletico Parananse soccer game. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia/HCDX)

4915, Radio Difusora 2203-2224. Portuguese talks to Amazonian slow music tunes. Radio sermon with local noise and signal splashes from 4920 kHz. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia/HCDX)

5939.860 (tentative) Voz Missionaria, Camboriú. Fade into Europe at 2340. Signal S=6-7 tiny signal in Portuguese. // 11749.923 kHz. (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany/HCDX)

5970, Radio Itatiaia. Channel clear at 0999 when noted ad string in progress to announcer in Portuguese at 0905. Station ID as, "Bom dia..transmite Radio Itataia...com a musica que voce ama." Lenghty live announcement in Portuguese (Ralph Perry, IL/HCDX)

Chad
6165, RNT *0428-0437. Station sign-on with balafon interval signal to national anthem at 0430. French announcements at 0431 to local tribal music and hi-life music. SIgnal fair with very weak co-channel interference and occasional adjacent signal splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA).

Clandestine
Radio Oromiya, *0323-0345. Station sign-on with marimba music and opening announcement at 0030 in listed Oromo. Lite style music at 0332. Signal weak with poor adjacent signal splatter. (Brian Alexander, PA).

Djibouti
4780, Radio Djibouti, 0312-0330. Arabic service with Koran recitations. Comments from male announcer, noting poor signal with minimal fading. (Jim Evans, TN)

Guyana
3290.00, Voice of Guyana, 0929-0945. Brief segment of Rap music until 0930 when ID given as, "this is the VOG, The Voice of Guyana ..." Two short promos followed, then into regular pop music. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland, FL) 3290, Voice of Guyana 0920 cover for John Lennon's "Imagine." Good opening. (Robt Wilkner, FL/Cumbre DX]

Indonesia
3325, RRI Palangkaraya (tentative) 2134-2146. Indonesian from announcers to brief musical fragments. Poor under local noise, and weak due to propagation. (Mikhail Timofeyev, Russia/HCDX)

Myanmar
5985.843. Myanmar Radio (tentative) with Burmese gongs and southeast Asian songs at 2356. Tiny signal S=6, co-channel interference on even 5985 by WYFR Okechobee Florida and WYFR hymn at 2359. (Wolfgang Bueschel, Germany/HCDX)

Palau
9930, WHRI relay, 0918-0928. Religious programming to closing prayer. Announcement at 0927 to music and continued talk. Signal poor to moderate signal strength with fading. (Jim Evans, TN).

Papua New Guinea
3204.9, Radio Sandaun, Vanimo 1020-1100. Noted station 17 and 16 August, signal improves to 1050 peak [Robt Wilkner, FL/Cumbre DX]

Peru
5039.12, Radio Libertad, 0953-1000. Steady Peruvian music mixed with the noise. Male announcer in Spanish at 0955 with comments. Signal was threshold. Subsequent logging 5039.17, 1000-1015. Mainly heard steady music during the period with a male's Spanish items between segments of music. Signal was fair. (Chuck Bolland,FL).

Pirate (US)
6924AM, Capt. Morgan Shortwave, 0128-0204. I heard no ID, but the good Captain thanked me via e-mail for a post on the FRN. Rock music from Jimi Hendricks, also Love One Another Right Now, Summertime by Trini Lopez, Summer Rain, and other music. Signal faint and noisy. (Ron Hunsicker, PA/FRW 808)

6924.82AM, Capt. Morgan Shortwave, 0050-0115.* Classic rock & roll music to Manhattan Transfer's Twilight Zone song to Billy Joel music. (Brian Alexander, PA)

6925 AM, WBOG, 2356-0016.* Country style music to male announcer. During a radio skit, someone said, "firing laser banks..." Mostly unusable, but occasionally a clear signal came through. Weak signal, an approaching thunderstorm and some sideband interference made listening difficult. SINPO 23341 to rarely 33343. (Ron Hunsicker, PA/FRW 810)

6925USB, Northwoods Radio. (time ?) Jack Pine Savage with live show of mostly metal music, including Bon Jovi “Livin on a Prayer” but also Eagles “Hotel California” Nice signal, some noise, but S-meter bouncing along with the modulation and peaking at S9+5. Mentioned all of the places that he's been logged tonight. Lots of loon calls and some of the standard “broadcasting freedom from the Great Lakes” promos. Ad for Hartford insurance snuck in. (Andrew Yoder, PA/FRW 808)

6925 AM, Southern Relay Service, 0300.+ WBNY show with a gameshow parody, fake ad for a nudist colony, and a "Stairway to Heaven" parody. "SRS" ID at end of the show 6925 8/3 0350+ Decent sig, but t-storms within about 20-30 miles away, so mostly buried in static crashes. Couldn't tell what it was relaying, but heard a lot of music that sounded like it was in the Voice of Next Thursday realm. Clear computer YL ID around 0445 & another just before QRT (I believe around 0500). (Andrew Yoder, PA/FRW 808)

6954.80 AM, The Voice of the Box. 0126-0158.* Email: 88.1wdce@gmail.com . Rap music - some rather raw. Using a grenade transmitter. SSTV at the end. Signal weak with noise. (Ron Hunsicker, PA/FRW 808)

Russia
5930.00, Radio Rossii, (presumed) 1000-1015. Live broadcast of Russian service news presented by male/female announcer duo. Too much splatter is hitting Rossii from WWCR on 5935 KHz, 5930.00 was fair.(Chuck Bolland, FL)

Suriname
4989.91, Radio Apintie, (presumed) 0945-1000. Noted a faint but distinctive signal here with a female in comments that fades in periodically. Overall the signal was threshold. (Chuck Bolland, FL)

Radio Free Asia's 37th QSL card available to August 31

For QSL card collectors, here's a reminder from the original post from Radio Free Asia. This featured card will be used until August 31, 2011. Look for a new QSL card announcement in the coming weeks.

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of our 37th QSL card. This is the second QSL card commemorating 2011 as RFA’s 15th anniversary. RFA’s first broadcast was in Mandarin Chinese on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. Acting as a substitute for indigenous free media, RFA concentrates its coverage on events occurring in and/or affecting the countries to which we broadcast. Those countries are: Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, Peoples Republic of China, and Vietnam. This QSL card will be used to confirm all valid reception reports from July 1 - August 31, 2011. The four pieces of artwork were created earlier this year by the children of RFA’s personnel. This card not only commemorates RFA’s 15th anniversary but also helps capture the spirit of the RFA’s family and friends around the world while promoting peace, freedom and democracy.


RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at http://www.rfa.org/ .

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener. RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. If you have a smart phone, feel free to use the QR code below to access the automated reception report system and submit your reception reports to the web site.

You also have the option of using the following Microsoft Tag from your smartphone. The free mobile app for your smartphone is available at http://gettag.mobi/ .

Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org , and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.

Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(RFA/A.J. Janitschek)

KBC Radio announces upcoming test schedule

Dutch-based KBC Radio has received a test licence for 531 kHz in Burg, Germany and will start testing on Friday 19 August. The test schedule for the next few weeks is as follows:

Friday 19 August 1700-2200 UTC
Saturday 20 August 0500-0700 and 1800-2300 UTC
Sunday 21 August 1000-1200 and 1800-2100 UTC
Monday 22 August - Thursday 25 August 1800-2100 UTC
Friday 26 August 1700-2200 UTC
Saturday 27 August 0700-0700 & 1800-2300 UTC
Sunday 28 August 1000-1200 & 1800-2100 UTC
Monday/Tuesday 29/30 August 1800-2100 UTC
Wednesday 31 August 0800-1000 UTC
Thursday 1 September 1900-2100 UTC
Friday 2 September 1700-2100 UTC
Saturday 3 September 1000-1400 & 1800-2100 UTC
Sunday 4 September 1000-1200 & 1800-2100 UTC
Monday 5 September/Tuesday 6 September 1800-2100 UTC
Wednesday 7 September 0800-1000 UTC
Thursday 8 September 1900-2100 UTC
Friday 9 September 1700-2100 UTC
Saturday 10 September 1000-1400 & 1800-2100 UTC
Sunday 11 September 1000-1200 & 1800-2100 UTC
Monday 12 September 1800-2100 UTC
Tuesday 13 September 0400-0600 UTC
Wednesday 14 September 0800-1000 UTC
Thursday 15 September/Friday 16 September 1700-2100 UTC
Saturday 17 September 0500-0700 & 1800-2100 UTC
Sunday 18 September 1000-1200 & 1800-2100 UTC
Monday 19 September 1800-2100 UTC
Tuesday 20 September 0400-0600 UTC
Wednesday 21 September 0800-1000 UTC
Thursday 22 September/Friday 23 September 1700-2100 UTC
Saturday 24 September 1000-1400 & 1800-2100 UTC
Further tests are planned to run till the end of October.

The KBC Radio website adds: “We are trying to return on SW in November 2011. Minimum power is 100KW. We are also checking if we can beam again to the USA on shortwave."

“For reception reports please mail to KBC531@gmail.com or write to: The Mighty KBC, Argonstraat 6, 6718 WT Ede, The Netherlands. Send 2 USD if you want to receive our Mighty KBC QSL card.”
(Source: KBC Radio/R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Weekly Propagation Forecast Bulletins

Product: Weekly Highlights and Forecasts
:Issued: 2011 Aug 16 1738 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/weekly.html




Highlights of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 08 - 14 August 2011

Solar activity began the week at moderate levels with an M3/1b flare at 08/1810 UTC from Region 1263 (N17, L=301, class/area Ekc/720 on 04 August). This event was associated with a type II radio sweep and a partial-halo coronal mass ejection which was mostly directed away from the west limb. Region 1263 produced an additional M2/1b flare at 09/0354 UTC. Activity levels increased to high as Region1263 produced an X6/2b flare at 09/0805 UTC which was associated with type II and type IV radio sweeps as well as a full halo CME, which also appeared to be primary travelling away from the west limb.The X6 is the largest x-ray event for cycle 24 so far. Activity levels dropped down to low levels on 10 August as Region 1263 rotated around the west limb. Activity levels further decreased to very low levels on 12 August and remained there through the end of the summary period.

A greater than 10 MeV proton enhancement was observed beginning at 08/1905 UTC in association with the M3 flare from Region 1263. The enhancement peaked at 4 PFU at 08/2000 UTC. Greater than 100 MeV and 10 MeV proton events began on 09 August in association with the X6 flare described previously. The greater than 100 MeV proton event began at 09/0825 UTC, reached a peak of 2.6 PFU at 09/0840 UTC, and dropped below threshold at 09/1035 UTC. The greater than 10 MeV proton event began at 09/0845 UTC, reached a peak of 26 PFU at 09/1210 UTC, and ended at 09/1715 UTC.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit reached high levels on 08 August and stayed high through the end of the day on 13 August. The electron flux levels were at normal to moderate levels on 14 August.

Geomagnetic field activity began the week at generally quiet to unsettled levels with isolated active and minor storm periods at the high latitudes. Activity decreased to quiet levels for 11-12 August and then increased slightly to quiet to unsettled levels for 14 August. Solar wind observations from the ACE spacecraft showed a positive polarity coronal hole high speed stream from 08-10 August. Solar wind data also indicated a solar sector boundary on the 13th at about 2000 UTC, followed by the onset of a negative polarity coronal hole high speed stream.

Forecast of Solar and Geomagnetic Activity 17 August - 12 September 2011

Solar activity is expected to be very low to low for 17-23 August. An increase to low to moderate is expected as old Region 1263 returns and transits the disk from 24 August to 06 September. Activity levels are likely to return to low or very low levels for the remainder of the outlook interval from 07-12 September. In addition there continues to be a chance that a new, rapidly emerging flux region could increase activity to moderate or greater levels at any time during the outlook period.

No proton events are expected at geosynchronous orbit.

The greater than 2 MeV electron flux at geosynchronous orbit is expected to increase to high levels for 18-23 August. Moderate levels are expected for 24-27 August, followed by a few days for high levels for 28-29 August. Low to moderate levels should prevail for 30 August through 04 September, followed by another increase to high levels for 05-07 September. Normal levels should resume on 08 September and continue through the end of the outlook period.

Geomagnetic field activity is expected to be generally quiet to unsettled for 17-22 August as there may be weak driving from a coronal hole high speed stream (HSS). Quiet levels should prevail for 23-25 August and another increase to quiet to unsettled is expected for 26-28 August from another HSS. Quiet levels are expected to return for 29 August through 02 September. An increase to unsettled with a chance for active periods is expected for 03-05 September due to another recurrent HSS. Quiet levels should predominate for 06-10 September, and another increase to quiet to unsettled from a recurrent HSS is expected for 11-12 September.

Product: 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table 27DO.txt
:Issued: 2011 Aug 16 1738 UTC
# Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center
# Product description and SWPC web contact: www.swpc.noaa.gov/wwire.html
#
# 27-day Space Weather Outlook Table
# Issued 2011-08-16
#
# UTC Radio Flux Planetary Largest
# Date 10.7 cm A Index Kp Index
2011 Aug 17 95 10 3
2011 Aug 18 95 5 2
2011 Aug 19 95 5 2
2011 Aug 20 97 5 2
2011 Aug 21 97 8 3
2011 Aug 22 100 5 2
2011 Aug 23 100 5 2
2011 Aug 24 105 5 2
2011 Aug 25 110 5 2
2011 Aug 26 115 15 3
2011 Aug 27 115 10 3
2011 Aug 28 110 8 3
2011 Aug 29 110 5 2
2011 Aug 30 110 5 2
2011 Aug 31 110 5 2
2011 Sep 01 105 5 2
2011 Sep 02 105 5 2
2011 Sep 03 105 8 3
2011 Sep 04 100 10 3
2011 Sep 05 100 10 3
2011 Sep 06 95 10 3
2011 Sep 07 95 7 2
2011 Sep 08 90 5 2
2011 Sep 09 90 5 2
2011 Sep 10 90 5 2
2011 Sep 11 90 8 3
2011 Sep 12 90 12 3
(NOAA)

Blog Logs

How's the DX from your listening post ? Thanks to all the contributors for sharing their latest monitoring results.

All times UTC // parallel frequency *sign-on / sign-off*

Logs edited for clarity

Australia
5995, Radio Australia, (Brandon) 0917-0921. Tok Pisin service with SINPO 23432. Via Shepparton transmitter on 6020, 0921-0926 in Tok Pisin(Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/HCDX)

Bahrain
9745, Radio Bahrain (presumed) 0250-0300. Arabic service including Qu'ran recitations. Very poor signal, fading down into the noise most of the time. Just enough side interference from the BBC starting at 0300 to make further reception impossible. (Jim Evans, TN).

Bolivia
5952.41, Radio Pio Doce 1049-1100. Male/female duo with the news and frequent station IDs. Time checks and no interferences observed until 1058 when China Radio Int'l signed on 5955. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX).

6134.797, Radio Santa Cruz, 2343-0015. Instructional type programming contained announcer's dictating Alpha numeric items. Station identification at 0000, followed by station promotionals and return to instructional program. Signal was fair. Herard also on 6134.843, 0919-0930. Booming in with non-stop Mexicana style music-possibly from the same single album. Signal was good.(Chuck Bolland, FL).

Brazil
5939.84, Voz Misionaria (presumed) 1013-1015. Religious vocals to male's Portuguese religious message. Fair signal with interference on both sides. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX)

5990, Radio Senado, *0859-0915. Station sign-on with Brazilian pop music. Opening Portuguese ID announcement at 0900 for good signal. (Brian Alexander, PA).

6079.9, Radio Daqui Goiania (tentative)0056-0105. Announcer's Portuguese talk and ID announcement. Station jingle and ad-string. Poor signal with signal splash until 0100. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Chad
6165, RNT N'Djamena, 2144-2232.* Male announcer's French talk to African hi-life music. Drums signal and station ID to indigenous music at 2215. Announcer's sign-off over music at 2230. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Colombia
6010.04, La Voz de tu Conciencia 1004-1040. Mix of Colombian music, chat and religious talk in SPanish. Heard mention of "Desde Puerto Lleras, Colombia..." and mention of 1530 kilohertz. Signal faded by 1040. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX).

Ethiopia
6030, Radio Oromiya, *0322-0345. Sign-on with marimba interval signal. Opening announcement in listed Oromo at 0330. Local Horn of Africa style music at 0332. Fair but some adjacent channel splatter. (Brian Alexaner, PA).

9705, Radio Ethiopia (Adiis Ababa) 2056-2100.* Vernacular service with up-beat music and Afro pops. Announcements between techno music bits at 2057. Sign-off and national anthem during fair signal quality. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Germany
6189.92, Deutschlandfunk Berlin-Britz, 2322-2334. Annnouncer's German text at tune-in 2324. Classical music program amid poor signal quality - but improving. (Scott Barbour, NH).

17695, Radio Farda, 1530-1545. Live comments from announcer between music selections. Noted 'canned' station ID during brief break. Language may be Persian, and listed as via Biblis, Germany transmitter. (Chuck Bolland, FL).

Guinea
7125, Rdif Nationale, 0625-0650. Afro-pop music to high-life music. Local cora music to French announcements. Fair signal. (Brian Alexander, PA).

India
5010, All India Radio-Thiruvananthapuram, 0021-0035. Vhandi Mataram at tune-in to announcer's items and bits of Hindi music. Wind instruments at 0029 into English newscast at 0029.(Scott Barbour,NH).

15075, All India Radio-Bangaluru, 0237-0250. Kannada service (per schedule) with Hindi music. Talk from lady announcer over music at 0250. Good signal, the strongest this year on 15075 kHz. Parallel noted on 11985 kHz (also Bangaluru) with similar strength, but less atmospheric noise. (Jim Evans, TN).

Malaysia
9835, Sarawak FM/RTM Kajang, 1036. Male/female duo in listed Malaysian. Heard passing mention of Malaysia over the music at 1038. Tentative on a jingle and ad-string during poor signal quality. (Scott Barbour, NH).6049.63 Asyik FM, 1143-1230.+ Pop vocals to "Asyik FM" jingle and ten minutes of announcer's chat with phone calls. Good signal - now the best low-band RTM outlet, now that 5030 and 6100 remain off the air. Klaskik Nasional usually has a fair/good signal as well. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX).

Mali
9635, RTVM, *0759-0807. Abrupt sign-on with vernacular talk. Rustic local music. Fair signal in noisy conditions. Off the air approximately at 0807. Continued to monitor this frequency to 0835, but never did return to the air. (Brian Alexander, PA).9635, 0921-0940, in French with tribal music and female announcer's comments. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/HCDX)

Mexico
6009.9, Radio Mil, Mexico City, 0951-1005. Pops at tune-in to announcer's Spanish text at 1000. Station ID and ad-string. Music resumes as signal improves after 1000. (Scott Barbour, NH). 6009.96, 1103-1135. "Radio Mil" ID and mix of music and chat. Typical 'wake-up fare' and ad-strings at 1121. Signal up and down sometimes quite good, while others are tough to copy. (John Wilkins, CO/Cumbre DX).

Micronesia
4755, PMA-The Cross Radio (tentative) 0941-0956. Announcer's alternating chat between soft music selections - sounding somewhat like folk music. Signal too weak to be Brazil. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/HCDX)

Niger
9705, LV de Sahel Niamey, 2101-2143. Audible after Ethiopia signs-off with continous format of male announcer's lenghtly talks between bits of vocal chants. Fair signal quality at best. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Papua New Guinea
5960, Radio Fly 1158-1230. "Radio Fly" jingle to usual programming of older English pop music. Few, if any announcements. Good signal, best in a long time - but noted fair by 1230. (John Wilkins, Co/Cumbre DX)

Solomon Islands
5020, SIBC (Honiara) 0922-0933. Female announcer in non-stop Tok Pisin language, able to catch words like, "family, tomorrow and between" Consistent interference from 5025 via Cuba's Radio Rebelde. SINPO 33333. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Tibet
6130, Xizang PBS Lhasa, 2342-0002. Music and talk is listed Tibetan. Signal buried under band noise. Indigenous music and a possible ID at 0000. Lady announcer's 'echo effect' into alternating announcements. Heard on // 7385 kHz that was good until Romanian interval signal at 2358. (Scott Barbour, NH).

Vanuatu
3945, Radio Vanuatu, 0937. Announcer's indigenous music and talk. Signal audible when not blown out by amateur radio interference on 3947. (Scott Barbour, NH). 3945, 0857-0907 with poor signal quality. (Lucio Otavio Bobrowiec, Brazil/HCDX)

Dutch authorities get tough with radio pirates

Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands will soon launch a new tougher policy to deal with pirate radio stations, according to a report in De Telegraaf. The illegal broadcasters may soon have a fine of 2,500 euros imposed on them as soon as half an hour after they receive a warning letter.

This the agency’s latest move in a cat and mouse game with the pirates. It used to take months before someone was punished for illegal broadcasting. That has been reduced to several weeks, and could now be cut to half an hour under the new policy.

There have already been 1600 warnings this year, and 60 people have been fined. The fine is not necessarily for the pirate, but for the owner of the land which is used for broadcasting. The radio pirates have responded by adapting their methods. They are now increasingly using mobile stations, so after receiving a warning letter they simply move to a different place to broadcast. The collapsible masts used for the broadcasts are sometimes more than forty metres high.

The Radiocommunications Agency wants to introduce its new policy as soon as possible, so that these “nomadic broadcasters” cannot escape punishment. The pirates sometimes interfere with legal broadcasters, and can also interfere with air traffic communications.
(R Netherlands Media Network Weblog)

Add Romanian Castle QSLs to your collection

Radio Romania International continues their popular Romanian Castles QSL card series throughout 2011. Two past favorites have included The Cotroceni Palace and The Cantacuzino Palace. Each month, RRI features a color painting reproduction to compliment your collection. Today's August card, Mogosoaia Palace is featured in today's post. Streaming and on-demand audio, links to Facebook, Twitter and more are on the RRI website. Now is a great time to monitor and QSL, Radio Romania International. Station website http://www.rri.ro/ Postal address: P.O. Box 1-111, 014700 Bucuresti, Romania.

Arabic
0630-0657 11730 11790 15180 15400
1400-1457 11830 11945 15160 15490

Aromania
1430-1457 7340
1630-1657 5980
1830-1857 5920

Chinese
0400-0427 %15530 17780
1300-1327 15435 17600

English
0000-0057 7385 9580
0300-0357 7335 9645 11895 15340
0530-0557 !7305 9655 17760 21500
1100-1157 15210 15430 17510 17670
1700-1729 @7350
1700-1757 *9535 11735
2030-2057 !9765 11880 11940 13800
2200-2257 5960 7435 9790 11940

French
0100-0157 7385 9570
0500-0527 $11810 9655 15340 17770
1000-1057 11830 15240 15380 17785
1600-1657 9680 11950
2000-2027 $9655 11970

German
0600-0627 *7230 9740
1200-1257 9675 11875
1600-1629 #7460
1800-1857 7240 *9495

Italian
1400-1427 9800
1600-1627 9610
1800-1827 ^7425

Romanian
0000-0057 7355 9525
0100-0157 7355 9525
0400-0457 9770 11920
0700-0757 9700 11970 15270 17720 "Curierul romanesc" Sun
0800-0857 11870 11970 15450 15700 "Curierul romanesc" Sun
0900-0957 11830 15240 15380 17600 "Curierul romanesc" Sun
1200-1257 7300 11920 15195
1300-1357 11920 15195
1500-1557 9855 11895
1600-1657 9690 11825, last freq. is not in DRM mode
1700-1757 11970 15310
1800-1857 11970 15310
1900-1957 11970 15310

Russian
0430-0457 &7390 9800
1330-1357 11835 15140
1500-1557 &11615 9690

Serbian
1530-1557 6025
1730-1757 6125
1930-1957 6125

Spanish
0200-0257 7400 9520 9645 11945
1900-1957 9700 11715
2100-2157 9755 11965
2300-2357 9655 9745 11795 11955

Ukrainian
1500-1527 5945
1700-1727 6135
1900-1927 5910

* DRM via TIG 090 kW 307 deg
^ DRM via TIG 090 kW 270 deg
% DRM via TIG 090 kW 067 deg
& DRM via TIG 090 kW 027 deg
! DRM via GAL 090 kW 300 deg
$ DRM via GAL 090 kW 285 deg
@ DRM via KVI 035 kW 220 deg
# DRM via KVI 035 kW 160 deg
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 18)
(DX Mix News 673 via Ivo Ivanov & Wolfgang Bueschel)

Add Voice of Turkey to your logbook

If you haven't logged or verified Voice of Turkey, now's the time. An easy station to hear, VOT remains an excellent station to QSL, with color cards, pennants and stickers. Streaming and on-demand audio, Video Gallery, podcast and more are available on their website. To learn more about Voice of Turkey, refer to their English website at
http://www.trt-world.com/trtworld/en/news.aspx.

Email contact: englishdesk@trt.net.tr

Postal address; P.O. Box 333, Yenisehir, Ankara 06443 Turkey

Effective to 29 October 2011

All times UTC

Arabic
0900-0955 11750, single freq.
1400-1455 9540 17770
1830-1925 11690, new time

Azeri
0700-0755 11730
1530-1625 9530

Bulgarian
1100-1125 7210

Chinese
1100-1155 15240

Dari
1500-1525 11765

English
0300-0355 6165 9515
1230-1325 15450, single freq.
1630-1725 15520, new time
1830-1925 9785
2030-2125 7205
2200-2255 9830

French
1930-2025 9535 9635

Georgian
1000-1055 9655

German
1130-1225 13760
1730-1825 11835

Italian
1500-1525 9610, ex1400-1425 UT

Kazakh
1330-1355 11880

Pashto
1530-1555 11765

Persian
0830-0955 11795
1500-1555 9765

Russian
1300-1355 11965

Spanish
0100-0155 9770 9870
1630-1725 11930

Tatar
1000-1025 9855

Turkish
0000-0155 7260
0400-0555 6040 11980
0600-0855 11750 11955 13635
0900-1255 11955 13635
1300-1555 9840
1600-2055 5960 9460

Turkmen
1200-1225 11825

Urdu
1400-1455 13710, ex1200-1255

Uyghur
0200-0255 9465
1230-1325 11700, ex1400-1455, 15180 for A-10

Uzbek
1030-1055 13650
1600-1625 11765
(R BULGARIA DX MIX News, Ivo Ivanov, via wwdxc BC-DX TopNews Apr 22)
(DX Mix News 674)


Voice of Turkey
http://www.trt-world.com/
http://www.trtalbanian.com/
http://www.trt.arabic.com/
http://www.trtarmenian.com/
http://www.trtbosnian.com/
http://www.trtbulgarian.com/
http://www.trtchinese.com/
http://www.trtcroatian.com/
http://www.trtdari.com/
http://www.trtenglish.com/
http://www.trtfrench.com/
http://www.trtgeorgian.com/
http://www.trtgerman.com/
http://www.trtgreek.com/
http://www.trthungarian.com/
http://www.trtitalian.com/
http://www.trtkazakh.com/
http://www.trtkygyz.com/
http://www.trtmacedonian.com/
http://www.trtpashto.com/
http://www.trtpersian.com/
http://www.trtromanian.com/
http://www.trtrussian.com/
http://www.trtserbian.com/
http://www.trtspanish.com/
http://www.trttatar.com/
http://www.trtursu.com/
http://www.trtturkmen.com/
http://www.trtturkmenche.com/
http://www.trtuyghurche.com/
http://www.trtuyghur.com/
http://www.trtuzbek.com/
http://www.trtafghaniuzbek.com/
http://www.trtazerbaycan.com/
http://www.trtturki.com/